diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2bab01cd00..d4f4a51f3b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ checkupdates_runner:
     - url_host=$(echo "${CI_REPOSITORY_URL}" | sed -e 's|https\?://gitlab-ci-token:.*@|ssh://git@|g')
     - git remote set-url --push origin "${url_host}"
   script:
-    - fdroid checkupdates --allow-dirty --auto --commit ${CHECKUPDATES_APPIDS}
+    - fdroid checkupdates --allow-dirty --auto --commit ${CHECKUPDATES_APPIDS} || true
     - git pull --rebase origin master
     # when two jobs try to push at the same time they occasionally fail, so try one more time if it fails
     - git push origin HEAD:master || (git pull --rebase origin master && git push origin HEAD:master)